[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 89 (Tuesday, July 12, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: July 12, 1994]
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                    PLAYING POLITICS WITH OUR HEALTH

  (Mr. GOSS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. GOSS. Madam Speaker, after being well outside the beltway during 
the break, I find American people everywhere are increasingly skeptical 
of our ability to pass an affordable health bill that will work. People 
especially fear the Clinton plan will make the system more bureaucratic 
and costly. Yet, the democratically controlled House continually seems 
to reject this public sentiment. Well, there is a price for that. 
Things are so bad, 63 percent of the Speaker of the House's own 
constituents feel he is doing a poor job in leading us, according to 
published poll results. Now, it is reported the Speaker is planning on 
using a closed rule to force through a Clintonesque health plan.
  Apparently the majority leadership fears sensible bipartisan reforms 
like those in the Rowland-Bilirakis bill would pass this House if given 
a vote. We do not need another gag rule--let us have an honest and open 
and fair debate on health--it is what the American people want, and 
what true democracy demands. Why would we do less in the Peoples House?

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